Well before jumping into the pool of NTSE examination, it is mandatory for a candidate to have detailed information regarding the safety and how to swim in that pool without drowning. The applicant should be aware of the exam pattern planned by the conducting body i.e. NCERT.
Moreover, the aspirant should gather some tips and tricks required for smart work along with the hard work for cracking the NTSE exam.
Syllabus of NTSE
Usually, the syllabus of the National Talent Search Examination includes the basics of the 9th and 10th standards. Moreover, there is no predefined course of NTSE but as per the experts’ observations and the previous years’ question papers the following syllabus is prepared:
MAT (Mental Ability Test) syllabus for NTSE
NTSE’s first stage that is State level examination is slated to test the analytical skills and logical reasoning of the NTSE candidates.
| Verbal and Non Verbal Analogy | Verbal and Non-Verbal Series |
| Classification | Coding-decoding |
| Distance and Direction | Blood Relations |
| Alphabet and Number Test | Ranking and Arrangements |
| Venn Diagrams | Mathematical Operations |
| Calendar, Time, and clock | Missing |
| Embedded Figures | Paper Cutting and Folding |
| Cube, Mirror Images, and Dice & Water | Words Problems |
SAT (Scholastic Ability Test) syllabus for NTSE
SAT has two parts under heads including– Language Test and Science, Social science & Maths. The SAT is plotted to examine students for their academic knowledge, reading skills, application skills, etc. The detailed syllabus for each of the parts of SAT is as follows:
Language Test syllabus for NTSE
| Antonyms and Synonyms | Basic Rules of Grammar |
| Sentence Completion | Filling the Gaps |
| Comprehensive Reading | Paragraph Completion |
| One Word Substitution | Rearrangements of Jumbled Words |
Science syllabus for NTSE
| Physics | Chemistry | Biology |
| Magnetism and Electricity | Acid, Bases, Salt | Air, Water, Soil |
| Measurements | Periodic Classification of Elements | Micro-organisms |
| Motion and Force | Metals and Non-Metals | Reproduction |
| Work and Energy | Structure of Atom | Life Processes |
| Light and Sound | Physical and Chemical Changes | Heredity and Evolution |
| The Universe | Carbon and its Compounds | Food Production and Management |
| Source of Energy | Fibers and Plastics | Diversity in Living Organisms |
| – | – | Plant and Animal Nutrition & Human Body |
| – | – | Cellular Level of Organization |
| – | – | Some Common Diseases & Our Environment |
Mathematics syllabus for NTSE
| Arithmetic Progressions | Number Systems |
| Polynomials | Real Numbers |
| Quadratic Equations | Rational Numbers |
| Square Roots and Cube Roots | Direct and Inverse Variation |
| Mensuration | Percentage |
| Surface Areas and Volumes | Trigonometry |
| Circles | Simple and Compound Interest |
| Triangles | Arithmetic |
| Coordinate Geometry | Linear Equations in Two Variables |
| Introduction to Euclid’s Geometry | Statistics and Probability |
| Quadrilateral | Parallelogram |
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